Her butt left an indentation in the couch.
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Indentation
//ˌɪndɛnˈteɪʃən//
Synonyms for "indentation" (99 found)
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74 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- абзац noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
- вдлъбнатина noun (recess or sharp depression in a surface)
- зъбец noun (notch or recess in a margin or border)
- назъбване noun (act of indenting or state of being indented)
Catalan
1 entries- sagnat noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 縮進 /缩进 noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
Czech
4 entries- odsazeni noun (measure of distance to the flush line)
- odsazení noun (act of indenting or state of being indented)
- odsazení noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
- prohlubeň noun (recess or sharp depression in a surface)
Eastern Mari
2 entries- абзац noun (act of indenting or state of being indented)
- абзац noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
Finnish
4 entries- hammastus noun (act of indenting or state of being indented)
- hammastus noun (notch or recess in a margin or border)
- kolo noun (notch or recess in a margin or border)
- kolo noun (recess or sharp depression in a surface)
French
3 entries- indentation noun (act of indenting or state of being indented)
- indentation noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
- tiret noun (a division unit of a piece of law)
German
4 entries- Delle noun (notch or recess in a margin or border)
- Einbuchtung noun (recess or sharp depression in a surface)
- Einrückung noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
- Einzug noun (measure of distance to the flush line)
Hebrew
1 entries- הֲזָחָה noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
Hungarian
1 entries- behúzás noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
Italian
4 entries- incavo noun (notch or recess in a margin or border)
- incavo noun (recess or sharp depression in a surface)
- indentazione noun (notch or recess in a margin or border)
- indentazione noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
Māori
1 entries- hāraunga noun (recess or sharp depression in a surface)
Norwegian
1 entries- innrykk noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
Polish
2 entries- akapit noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
- tiret noun (a division unit of a piece of law)
Portuguese
3 entries- indentação noun (notch or recess in a margin or border)
- indentação noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
- travessão noun (a division unit of a piece of law)
Russian
4 entries- абза́ц noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
- вмя́тина noun (recess or sharp depression in a surface)
- вы́рез noun (notch or recess in a margin or border)
- вы́ступ noun (notch or recess in a margin or border)
Slovak
4 entries- odsadenie noun (act of indenting or state of being indented)
- odsadenie noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
- odsadenie noun (measure of distance to the flush line)
- odsadzovanie noun (act of indenting or state of being indented)
Spanish
4 entries- entrante noun (recess or sharp depression in a surface)
- guion noun (a division unit of a piece of law)
- indentación noun (recess or sharp depression in a surface)
- indentación noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
Swedish
2 entries- indentering noun (act of indenting or state of being indented)
- indrag noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
Turkish
3 entries- girinti noun (notch or recess in a margin or border)
- çentik noun (notch or recess in a margin or border)
- çukur noun (recess or sharp depression in a surface)
Ukrainian
2 entries- абзац noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
- відступ noun (act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Braille is a code that uses bumps and indentation on a surface to represent letters, which can be recognized by touch.
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the indentations of a leaf
Source: wiktionary
indentations of the coast
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.